Music

WHAT A WEEK IT HAS BEEN! My goodness me, our girls are SUPER TROOPERS. The last week has seen choir girls sing at the 4 All Earthkind Climate event. This involved 31 students giving up their time on Saturday to attend a rehearsal and filmed performance in the Wharf 2/3 space at Dawes Point. A beautiful venue with superb acoustics, Pymble girls performed alongside Sydney Childrens’ Choir, Sydney Philharmonia choirs, and accompanied by the Australian Youth Orchestra. There were other girls in attendance from Abbotsleigh and Meriden, and it was a great source of pride to Mrs Bruce and I to see that our girls were the only students who had memorised their parts, and were the largest contingent of school children. Well done to our School Choir, led by the patient and brilliant Mrs Karen Bruce.

Carols – What a beautiful service. Every year I am brought to tears at Pymble through our annual Carols service. Led by our very own divine Reverend Bent with the 9 Lessons of Carols, it was so simple to embed music to accompany the Joy of Christmas.

Congratulations to our Pizzicato, Piccoline, Junior School Choir, Capella, Hindson Strings, Symphony Orchestra, School Choir, Pymble Chorale, Junior Jazz, Senior Jazz and Stage Band for always rising to the occasion and surpassing our expectations. Thank you to Mr Stafford, Mrs Colbey, Mr Schweinberger, Mrs Bruce, Ms Farlow, Ms Buckley, Ms Lee, Ms Ashton, Ms Zeltzer, Mrs Purvis, Mrs Hare, Mr Ison on organ, and our very own Santa Claus (I wonder how many children he visited?). It is such a privilege to lead such an amazingly talented team so I can just enjoy the music and know that all will work on the night. I can’t thank you all enough.

For those who were unable to attend, our IT department did record the evening which can be found here. Please note the sound comes on at 5:54, but you will hear how wonderful the music is from here on.

Don’t forget to return jackets by 9.00am on Friday 8 December if you wish to receive a refund.

Congratulations

Annie Xiao (Year 7) Piano ABRSM Diploma in Music Performance

Sarah Turner

Head of Music